25 July 2019

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Innovation

Analysing Refugee-Host Community Narratives on Social Media in Lebanon (UNDP, Feb. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Biometric Refugee Registration: Between Benefits, Risks and Ethics (LSE International Development Blog, July 2019) [text]
- See also related New Humanitarian story.

Digital Developments: Harbingers of Humanitarian Change?, World Refugee Council Research Paper, no. 15 (Centre for International Governance Innovation, June 2019) [text]

"A Digital Nation for the Stateless Rohingya?," The Diplomat, 2 July 2019 [text]

Head to Head: Biometrics and Aid (The New Humanitarian, July 2019) [text]
- Two experts respond to six questions on the use of biometric data in aid delivery.

Global Virtual Summit on Digital Identity for Refugees: Envisioning a Digital Identity Ecosystem in Support of the Global Compact on Refugees [access]
- Recordings of the three virtual events that took place in May and June can now be viewed via the link.

How to Use Video Games for the Greater Good (UNHCR Innovation Service Blog, July 2019) [text]

Innovation at UNHCR (UNHCR, July 2019) [text]
- "What does innovation mean? And more importantly, what does it mean to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and how does it relate to your work? We hope this small booklet serves as not only a guide for innovation basics at UNHCR but also a map of stories that connects you to other colleagues who are seeking to create change inside and outside of our organization."

Media and Communication, vol. 7, no. 2 (2019) [open access]
- Special issue with 13 articles on "Refugee Crises Disclosed: Intersections between Media, Communication and Forced Migration Processes."

*"New Technologies in Migration: Human Rights Impacts," Forced Migration Review, no. 61 (June 2019) [open access]

Peoples under Threat 2019: The Role of Social Media in Exacerbating Violence (Minority Rights Group International, June 2019) [text]
- Text includes links to Peoples under Threat data map and briefing.

Reporting Humanitarian Disasters in a Social Media Age: Q&A With Dr. Glenda Cooper (Humanitarian News Research Network Blog, June 2019) [text]

Surveillance Company Cellebrite Finds a New Exploit: Spying on Asylum Seekers (Privacy International, April 2019) [text]

Tech can Empower Refugee Communities – If They’re Allowed to Design How It Works (The Conversation, June 2019) [text]

"Understanding Government Social Media Users: An Analysis of Interactions on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Twitter and Facebook," Government Information Quarterly, In Press, 17 June 2019 [abstract]
- See also earlier related article and conference paper.

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- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (29 May 2019)

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